diff --git a/src/setuptools_scm/__main__.py b/src/setuptools_scm/__main__.py
index dab6068a..3f56d42a 100644
--- a/src/setuptools_scm/__main__.py
+++ b/src/setuptools_scm/__main__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 from ._cli import main
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/src/setuptools_scm/_cli.py b/src/setuptools_scm/_cli.py
index 66099b12..5869ded0 100644
--- a/src/setuptools_scm/_cli.py
+++ b/src/setuptools_scm/_cli.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from setuptools_scm.discover import walk_potential_roots
 
 
-def main(args: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
+def main(args: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
     opts = _get_cli_opts(args)
     inferred_root: str = opts.root or "."
 
@@ -31,16 +31,34 @@ def main(args: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
         )
         config = Configuration(inferred_root)
 
+    if opts.command == "ls":
+        for fname in find_files(config.root):
+            print(fname)
+        return 0
+
+    if opts.command == "info":
+        code = 0
+        if not opts.query:
+            print("\n".join(config.__dataclass_fields__.keys()))
+        else:
+            for q in opts.query:
+                try:
+                    if q.startswith("_"):
+                        raise AttributeError()
+                    print(f"{q} = {getattr(config, q)}")
+                except AttributeError:
+                    print(f"'{q}' unknown query!")
+                    code = 1
+        return code
+
     version = _get_version(config, force_write_version_files=False)
     if version is None:
         raise SystemExit("ERROR: no version found for", opts)
     if opts.strip_dev:
         version = version.partition(".dev")[0]
-    print(version)
 
-    if opts.command == "ls":
-        for fname in find_files(config.root):
-            print(fname)
+    print(version)
+    return 0
 
 
 def _get_cli_opts(args: list[str] | None) -> argparse.Namespace:
@@ -71,6 +89,12 @@ def _get_cli_opts(args: list[str] | None) -> argparse.Namespace:
     # We avoid `metavar` to prevent printing repetitive information
     desc = "List files managed by the SCM"
     sub.add_parser("ls", help=desc[0].lower() + desc[1:], description=desc)
+    desc = "Display setuptools_scm settings according to query\ne.g. dist_name"
+    nfo_parser = sub.add_parser(
+        "info", help=desc[0].lower() + desc[1:], description=desc
+    )
+    desc = "query for the desired information, omit to list of valid queries"
+    nfo_parser.add_argument("query", nargs="*", help=desc)
     return parser.parse_args(args)